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CSS

Tobi Ogunnaike
Tobi Ogunnaike
2,242 Points
Posted by Tobi Ogunnaike
Tobi Ogunnaike
2,242 Points

Beginner CSS Syntax issue: can someone help me out please?

</section> <footer> <a href="http://twitter.com/Gunzzzy"><img src="img/twitter-wrap.png" alt="Twitter Logo"</a> <a href="http://facebook.com/TobiGunzyOgunnaike"><img src="img/facebook-wrap.png" alt="Facebook Logo" </a> <p>Ā© 2014 Tobi Ogunnaike.</p> </footer> </div> </body> </html>

Workspaces has highlighted the last four lines in red. Can anyone see why?

3 Answers

Alicia Leslie
Alicia Leslie
4,209 Points
Alicia Leslie
Alicia Leslie
4,209 Points

You have to close your image tags with />

<a href="http://twitter.com/Gunzzzy"> <img src="img/twitter-wrap.png" alt="Twitter Logo" /> </a>

Hope that helps! :)

Tobi Ogunnaike
Tobi Ogunnaike
2,242 Points
Tobi Ogunnaike
Tobi Ogunnaike
2,242 Points

Should I close the img tag with > or /> ?

<footer> <a href="http://twitter.com/Gunzzzy"><img src="img/twitter-wrap.png" alt="Twitter Logo"></a> <a href="http://facebook.com/TobiGunzyOgunnaike"><img src="img/facebook-wrap.png" alt="Facebook Logo"> </a> <p>Ā© 2014 Tobi Ogunnaike.</p> </footer> </div> </body> </html>

Tried both, now the last line is red..

Gloria Dwomoh
Gloria Dwomoh
13,116 Points
Gloria Dwomoh
Gloria Dwomoh
13,116 Points

You haven't close the image tags. I believe closing them will solve the problem :)

Tobi Ogunnaike
Tobi Ogunnaike
2,242 Points
Tobi Ogunnaike
Tobi Ogunnaike
2,242 Points

Should I close the img tag with > or /> ?

<footer> <a href="http://twitter.com/Gunzzzy"><img src="img/twitter-wrap.png" alt="Twitter Logo"></a> <a href="http://facebook.com/TobiGunzyOgunnaike"><img src="img/facebook-wrap.png" alt="Facebook Logo"> </a> <p>Ā© 2014 Tobi Ogunnaike.</p> </footer> </div> </body> </html>

Tried both, now the last line is red..

Gloria Dwomoh
Gloria Dwomoh
13,116 Points

I see you have solved the issue since you have chosen Best Answer, If I am mistaken and you haven't please let me know but i'll need to see your full code if possible as you might be missing some other things.

Edit: Also you don't need slash to close the image tag it is optional, but you do need the ">" you do not need the slash because the image tag is a void element and in HTML5 that is optional.

Tobi Ogunnaike
Tobi Ogunnaike
2,242 Points
Tobi Ogunnaike
Tobi Ogunnaike
2,242 Points 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Tobi Ogunnaike | Designer</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css"
  </head>
  <body>
    <header>
      <a href="index.html">
        <h1>Tobi Ogunnaike</h1>
        <h2>Designer</h2>
      </a>
      <nav>
        <ul>
          <li><a href="index.html">Portfolio</a></li>
          <li><a href="about.html">About</a></li>
          <li><a href="contact.html">Contact</a></li>
        </ul>
      </nav>
    </header>
    <div id="wrapper">
      <section>
        <ul>
          <li>
            <a href="img/ronaldinho joga bonito.jpg">
            <img src="img/ronaldinho joga bonito.jpg" alt="">
            <p>Joga Bonito </p>  
            </a>
          </li>
          <li>
            <a href="img/lonely keeper.jpg">
            <img src="img/lonely keeper.jpg" alt="">
            <p>The keeper is off his line! </p>  
            </a>
          </li>
          <li>
            <a href="img/champions league.jpg">
            <img src="img/champions league.jpg" alt="">
            <p>Champions league </p>  
            </a>
          </li>
        </ul>
      </section>
        <footer>
          <a href="http://twitter.com/Gunzzzy"><img src="img/twitter-wrap.png" alt="Twitter Logo"></a>
          <a href="http://facebook.com/TobiGunzyOgunnaike"><img src="img/facebook-wrap.png" alt="Facebook Logo"> </a> 
          <p>&copy; 2014 Tobi Ogunnaike.</p>
        </footer>
     </div>
  </body>
</html>

I haven't solved the issue yet. Thanks for the help

Gloria Dwomoh
Gloria Dwomoh
13,116 Points

There is a small error in your head tag. I have added a comment in this snippet and corrected it. You are missing an ">" at the last link. 

 <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Tobi Ogunnaike | Designer</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css">
    /* below you were missing an ">"*/
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css"> 
  </head>
Tobi Ogunnaike
Tobi Ogunnaike
2,242 Points
Tobi Ogunnaike
Tobi Ogunnaike
2,242 Points

Awesome, that worked. Thanks :)

Gloria Dwomoh
Gloria Dwomoh
13,116 Points

You are welcome :)

Alicia Leslie
Alicia Leslie
4,209 Points
Alicia Leslie
Alicia Leslie
4,209 Points

You don't have to close image tags with /> for HTML5 BUT...

There are couple of special characters in html that close with />, such as br and hr

the / is required for XHTML and XML, so some can read the <img> without the /, but it is safe to use the / for good practice since both HTML5 and XHTML can read it.

MDN is a very reliable source for questions such as these https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/img